To be charitable, it may well have been a waste of time simply because of how terrible the rest of the bank security is.
I've had close to 100% success social engineering confidential information out of financial services companies and other service providers about myself using only information that would be available to a scammer.
So, if a scammer knowing your name and address could call your bank and talk them into giving out your DOB, then going through the effort of calling them back before giving it to them really would have been a waste of time.
I've had close to 100% success social engineering confidential information out of financial services companies and other service providers about myself using only information that would be available to a scammer.
So, if a scammer knowing your name and address could call your bank and talk them into giving out your DOB, then going through the effort of calling them back before giving it to them really would have been a waste of time.